Exterior view photograph. Visitors entering into expo through turnstiles.
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Exterior view photograph. Visitors entering into expo through turnstiles.
Interior view photograph. One of many 'Esso' information booths located throughout the Expo grounds.
Exterior view photograph. Aerial view of Place d'Acceuil ticket booths.
Exterior view photograph. Entrance to the Expo Express (monorail).
Exterior view photograph. Expo Theatre exterior (lot A-215). Designed to hold 4,000 people, the two storey Expo Theatre played host to the Montreal International Film Festival and the Fifth Canadian Film Festival. Its extensive backstage facilities was located in the rear section of the building and included rehearsal rooms, dressing room, wardrobe and work shops. Wedge shaped volume. Structural steel and reinforced concrete. Painted concrete blocks and asbestos panels. (S: 250' x 200' --- A: 60,000 sq. ft. --- H: 90' (fly loft block), 79' (auditorium block))
Interior view photograph. Photograph on display inside the photographic exhibition. Note: 'Friendship Amidst Squalor' may not be the official photo title.
Interior view photograph. Sculptural installation made primarily of glass.
Exterior view photograph. Habitat '67 exterior (lot A-245). Habitat '67 was a radical housing solution for the 1960's. It was a high density alternative to the suburbs; an apartment structure (158 individual houses made up of one, two or three boxes) to service Expo '67 and then become low cost housing for the City of Montreal. An instant icon, the design of Habitat '67 embodied a strong vernacular influence as the expression of its parts formed a striking whole. 354 interwoven rectangular boxes comprising an elongated pryamid-like volume. Precast, prestressed concrete boxes. Stress-steel bars connecting boxes. Sand blasted, precast, prestress concrete finish. Extruded anodized aluminum and solid core wood doors. (S: 950' long; 250' max width --- A: 400,000 sq. ft. (total floor area) --- H: 120')
Exterior view photograph. North side of Habitat '67 complex alongside main road. Rooftop garden terrace in forground, Concordia Bridge in background.
Interior view photograph. Inside the bedroom of a Habitat '67 home.